Reposted by Jesse CoukJulian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Your TAD dollars at work. “All graft, all the time” would be a good slogan. #GApol 12510
Reposted by Jesse CoukNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026From a clean energy standpoint, this is quite bad. We use a ton (technically, many tons) of the stuff in our EVs, their batteries, & solar panels. Also to build those new manufacturing plants. And it's not clear there are many good policy options on the table (other than, you know, axing tariffs). 143
Reposted by Jesse CoukPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“1st, rather than cut NIH by nearly 40 percent, as the OMB proposed last year, we should double its $48 billion budget within five years. These are big numbers, but if they yield discoveries that trim the nation’s $5.3 trillion health bill by just 1 percent, they will more than pay for themselves.” 12514
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The man who owned Panahar was so kind and welcoming. 230
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026How many endoscopies have been delayed because we decided to change the species name for Strep bovis? 000
Reposted by Jesse CoukEd @notdred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I guess it’s important to communicate that MAHA is fundamentally an movement by individuals to capture health care dollars by lying to people about having products and services that work 594733913
Reposted by Jesse CoukAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026COVID vaccine. Note that even in 2026, it's more accessible to most people in the US than to most in the UK. 043
Reposted by Jesse CoukMayor of MARTA @mayorofmarta.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Someone did an Open Records Request into ATL Spoke ridership. The cost per rider is $112. mikehikes.github.io/beep-analysis/mikehikes.github.ioATL Spoke Ridership — Summary 161
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Insurance company denied an elderly patient’s HIV medication and because of this denial they began taking what insurance would cover by itself which turned out to be completely ineffective and thus harmful. It should be impossible to deny a patient’s established ART regimen. 37516
Reposted by Jesse CoukNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Patriotic Americans have an obligation to stand with our country. Which means standing with Canada and our other G7 allies. 211928
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I cannot control the vaccine disinformation coming from the White House. But I can control what happens when I walk into a patient’s room, sit down, listen and try to earn their trust. This matters more than ever. There is too much at stake. bktitanji.substack.com/p/that-space...bktitanji.substack.comThat Space Still Belongs to UsWhen vaccine misinformation comes from the highest levels of government, the work of building trust with our patients matters more than ever. 213240
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026really nice writeup from CDC's campus on friday 2257
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Any outbreak of an infectious disease, even relatively benign ones, if allowed to spread uncontrolled will record rare complications/ presentations and even deaths. Cyclospora outbreak has caused 2 deaths in Michigan. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comMichigan reports 2 deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreakMore than 11,000 cases of the foodborne illness have been confirmed in the state and 193 people have been hospitalized since early May. 16220
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The fact that people are shifting from “no one died” to “no deaths that matter” feels all too familiar. At some point it shifts to “well everyone dies”. If people are hospitalized from something preventable we should prevent it. Why waste our breath arguing in favor of fecal contamination? 031
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“… the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just 3” 3277127
Reposted by Jesse CoukEli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026No ICU nurse would let many non-relatives call their patient and talk for 20 minutes 1183
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Excellent study on the ability of flu vaccine to prevent death in children. VE was 80% (95% CI 75–84) overall, 77% (95% CI 71–82) among children with underlying medical conditions and 87% (95% CI 84–89) among children without known conditions.publications.aap.orgInfluenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Pediatric Death in the United States: 2016–2025BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Seasonal influenza vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of influenza and severe complications among children aged 6 months and older. Since 2010, reported numbers o... 194
Reposted by Jesse CoukAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I just came across this— no need to apologize. The danger of politically motivated history is real. This is why @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and I used the Dunning School as a prime example of the threat shoddy academic poses to society. Modern purveyors of mistruth must be confronted. 4658
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026bluesky was right about platner, right about ICE, right about dems fighting back vs. moving to the middle, right about AI and data centers… 13985127
Reposted by Jesse Couk"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A good day to remember that one of the indictments against George III in the Declaration was, "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither" 3768165
Reposted by Jesse CoukAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The common law’s path in England and the colonial legal order did, in fact, diverge—but only for nonwhites. The 14th Amendment was designed to de-racialize the natural born citizenship rule and enshrine it, overturning Dred Scott. The Alito opinion, however, says the rejected rule is relevant today. 19313
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Excited to share our latest publication in AIDS! We performed one of the largest multi-ancestry genome-wide association studies of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV using the Million Veteran Program. We identified a novel genetic locus near NAT8 associated with CVD risk. 2366
Reposted by Jesse CoukConor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Earnestly I think hosting the World Cup is our month-long America 250 celebration. 715518
Reposted by Jesse CoukEd @notdred.bsky.social · 30/06/2026If you actually care about Supreme Court reform, posting that the Supreme Court made a good decision here and that they stood up to Trump is surely the dumbest possible strategy 41037
Reposted by Jesse Coukjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026the truly enraging thing is that sam alito will never face this question from a member of the public. we have allowed these people to create a wall between themselves and the people they rule over. 281716300
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/06/2026One of the biggest misconceptions about Ebola is that it is primarily a hemorrhagic disease. It isn't. In the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea dominate at presentation, while bleeding occurs in only ~10% of patients. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgClinical Characteristics of Patients Infected with Bundibugyo Virus, DRC 2026 | NEJMBundibugyo virus, a filovirus, is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This report presents early data on symptoms and illness severity as well as diagnostic challenges. 48438
Reposted by Jesse CoukSourBoySam @sourboysam.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Mirror Mirror, on the Mall. 449321
Reposted by Jesse CoukEli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Those mocking the link between zoster vaccination and prevention of dementia don’t cite this Nature study showing a 20% relative reduction in dementia in the 7 years post vax. The study uses the highly valid regression discontinuity design and the best data available www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - NatureUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of... 911341
Jesse Couk @jessecouk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026When reviewing labs does anyone else sing "Undetectable" to the tune of Nat King Cole? 000
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026AI proponents never talk how their "disruption" harms productivity. we have to do captchas on most websites now and wade through fake studies and spam. the end of free, reliable search. having to double check AI users' work (because they rarely do). it's absurd to presume AI is good for productivity 819254
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1120830
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This is still one of my favorite reviews on the topic of #EbolaVirusDisease. I always revisit whenever there is an outbreak. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEbola virus disease - Nature Reviews Disease PrimersEbola virus disease (EVD) is caused by the filovirus Ebola virus (EBOV). Although the natural host of EBOV is undefined, a single zoonotic transmission is the probable start of most EVD outbreaks. EVD... 05012
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/05/2026another anti-vaxxer bites the dust ☺️ 48613
Reposted by Jesse Coukgbadegesinlab.bsky.social @gbadegesinlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026It was a pleasure reviewing the @kdigo.org 2025 clin practice guidelines for PD NS for US practice. Thanks @ajkd.bsky.social for asking me to do this with Chia-shi Wang. Highlight, Levamisole not approved for use in Humans in the US!!👍 042
Reposted by Jesse CoukAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Nephrotic Syndrome in Children by Chia-shi Wang and Rasheed Gbadegesin bit.ly/4q9yAqo (FREE) 031
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Happening today at 5pm US EST. Register using the link in the post if you are interested in listening in 😊 03316
Reposted by Jesse Coukpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026drives me nuts when people say prosecuting the leaders of this regime is a pipe dream. all the other democracies in the world don’t seem to have a problem doing it. we can do it too. 421845338
Reposted by Jesse CoukAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/05/2026You could just see how desperate white capital wants to work with Atlanta's Black elite to annul the 2016 More marta referendum and punish residents for even daring to think about using their own money to unsegregate the city with electrified mass transit 24616
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Whenever there is an outbreak of a viral illness in the news, it presents the opportunity to review the existing literature. I enjoyed this fairly recent review on #Hantavirus in Humans from 2023 published in Lancet ID . www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comHantavirus in humans: a review of clinical aspects and managementHantavirus infections are part of the broad group of viral haemorrhagic fevers. They are also recognised as a distinct model of an emergent zoonotic infection with a global distribution. Many factors ... 27430
Reposted by Jesse CoukKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Australia “is on track to meet its target of eliminating [cervical] cancer by 2035 - and it may even get there early…Most promisingly, the most recent data from 2021 shows, for the first time, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under the age of 25.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.socialbbc.comAustralia wants to be first nation in the world to eliminate a cancer - can it?For the first time, Australia has recorded no new cervical cancer diganoses in women under 25. 222261
Reposted by Jesse CoukProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/04/2026🪑Really fun visiting the SCAD furniture design & industrial design studios this morning in Savannah (my niece is graduating this year!) 👓 Because I’m a ridiculous person, I had to do a little cosplay with the safety glasses 🎨 OK, off to the SCAD Sidewalk Chalk Festival now…. 2221
Reposted by Jesse CoukAntibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Finally published 🆕🔥PANORAMIC RCT + CanTreatCOVID Oral Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Covid-19 in Higher-Risk Outpatients Paxlovid did not reduce the incidence of hospitalization or death among vaccinated higher-risk participants with SARS-CoV-2 infection #idsky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 2135
Reposted by Jesse CoukEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 22/04/2026I heard you like RCTs so I embedded an RCT within your RCT to inform the design of future RCTs 171
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 07/04/2026It's important to remember that Iran has a population of 92 million people. Actual human beings who have lives, who have dreams, who want to live. 3325126
Reposted by Jesse CoukThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/03/2026Just a quick note about how amazing Professor Reiss is... SHE IS LIVE POSTING A CONFERENCE THAT SHE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT IN A FEW MINUTES! 6479
Reposted by Jesse CoukElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran). The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that. 340128813010
Reposted by Jesse CoukBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12/03/2026"This conflict is worsening existing humanitarian emergencies in the region." the EIC @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comOffline: The human consequences of Epic FuryThe health crisis in Iran and across the Middle East is “escalating rapidly”, reported Hanan Balkhy, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. She was speaking at a WHO press conference o... 12113
Reposted by Jesse CoukPrimary Care Collaborative @thepcc.org · 05/03/2026The PCC joined more than 255 orgs in signing onto the annual Friends of AHRQ appropriations letter urging Congress to fully fund the AHRQ at $500 million in FY27 and ensure that the agency has sufficient staff to manage its obligations. Read the letter ⬇️ thepcc.pub/fundahrqletterthepcc.pubThe PCC Joins over 145 Orgs Urging Congress to Fully Fund & Staff AHRQ - PCCThe Primary Care Collaborative joined more than 255 organizations in signing onto the annual Friends of AHRQ appropriations letter. The letter urges Congress to fully fund AHRQ at $500 million in FY27... 063
